#12147 Why Do We Need Infallible Authority for the New Testament Canon? - Trent Horn

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

If the Old Testament was accepted without an infallible Church, why is that needed for the New Testament? We explore this key apologetics question, along with topics like apostolic succession, Catholic-Orthodox unity, and defending the faith online.

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Questions Covered:

05:25 – If the Old Testament can be known without an infallible authority, then how come we can’t have that for the New Testament?
16:23 – How do you defend the faith against Protestants on social media? Is it better to find common ground or go on striking on what they oppose?
21:29 – If God is immaterial and he created the material world how do you explain the interaction between the material and immaterial substances?
29:00 – What efforts are being done by the Catholic Church to facilitate the union between them and the Orthodox?
35:54 – Regarding the crusades, how do we rationalize and defend the idea that the pope offered forgiveness of sins for those going on a military expedition?
48:32 – How do you defend protestant questions on apostolic succession?

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0:36.3	Trent Horn, our guest, this first hour, and we'll do tips for defending the faith.
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0:57.7	Of course, Trent's been defending both the Catholic Church and human life for years.
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1:08.7	You probably know Trent. I mean, you could know him from his books. He's got the most
1:12.8	popular book ever published here at Catholic Answers, Why We're Catholic. You could know him from
1:18.0	his speaking, but I think the way the world works now, most people who know Trent know him from
1:22.8	his podcast, the Council of Trent, because podcasts are just where it's at right now.
1:29.3	Trent Horn, what do you think of my assessment, Trent Horn?
1:32.3	Does that seem right?
1:33.3	Podcasts are where it's at right now.
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2:03.6	A lot of young Catholic apologists, Trent.
2:08.6	I wonder if you saw this article, I think the Gospel Coalition put it out about, it's by, you
2:14.6	know, a Protestant news site, about how Catholic apologists
2:19.6	are kind of killing it in the online world. Did you see that? And what do you think about
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